Damsel in Distress

heyheyhey, internet stalker. 

long time no see.

in case you haven't noticed, i haven't been blogging very frequently these past few months.

alas, raising a little human is more time-consuming than one might imagine.

*tired-blah-blah-exhausted-blah-blah-poor me-blah-blah*

enough with the excuses!!!

it's a new year, and that calls for a new me.

one with far fewer excuses and way more energy!!!

*care bear stare pose with stomach exposed and in the air*

but dude, let's be realistic.

i'm no longer the spring chick i used to be.

my knees hurt. my back hurts.

my heart. even that hurts.

(olive, it's all your fault.)

lost youth aside, i feel it in my post-pregnancy gut that 2013 is going to be a great year.

two UCLA buddies and i are developing and writing a children's variety show.

i've got a self-authored and illustrated children's book in the works.

a trip to reykjavik, iceland is taking place end-june.

and my baby girl is starting to blabber!

if 2013 can be even a quarter as awesome as the delectable strawberry pocky cake pictured above, i will be happy. so here's to a rad new year! *fist pump*

all photos plucked from Pinterest. if i knew who the owners and photographers of these images were, i'd post them. but i don't. grr.

Girl, Look at That Body

It's never too late, people. NEVER.

At the ripe age of 32 (going on 33), I've finally committed myself to a fitness regimen. Can you believe it? This sedentary mama who has spent countless evenings sitting in bed watching The Biggest Loser whilst munching on blocks of cheese (true story) joined THIS Crossfit box a couple months ago and *gasp* have strangely, gotten into it. Since joining, muscles I never knew I had are confused and sore (see above). Distances I never knew I could run have been ran. (Seriously, the last time I ran was in the 90s!) And well, I never spew stuff like what I'm about to spew, but... I am really proud of myself. I'm becoming physically and mentally stronger with each work out, accomplishing tasks I never imagined achieving, and that's like, totally radical.

As if positive-mental-attitude mumbo-jumbo isn't weird and out-of-character enough, I signed up for the LA Half Marathon taking place downtown on Halloween. Losing my mind? Yeah, probably. Le hubby signed up with me, so we'll see how the power of love manifests itself day of. (Visualizing le hubby carrying me over the finish line on piggyback. Ahhh... how romantic.)

Under Pressure

Most folks I know have a bucket list. You know, the list of crap you want to achieve or attain before you croak? 

Since college, my bucket list has consisted of getting a puppy, making baby, and writing and illustrating a children's book. 

With Beans and Olive in tow, I've got one and two taken care of. But the children's book? I'm working on it. The moment I turn in my thesis (gaaaaaah, it's taking forever), you can best bet that I'll be grinding out something wonderfully strange. I've been brainstorming a bunch. Let's just say it ain't easy coming up with a satisfying story that can be told within 25 pages! Lots of self-editing. NOT my forte.

On a side note, my friend, Mary Lai is currently working to fund a kick-ass comic anthology via Kickstarter. Click HERE to back the project up! The deadline for artists to submit work is tomorrow. Naturally, I started and finished my submission today. See above. You may want to click on the image to see it enlarged. That is, unless you have bionic eyeballs and can read micro-type.